Whitewright Mini Notices and Local Tax Talk
A postal inspector warns Whitewright Post Office on pen theft and reminds the public that ball point pens are federal property. Voter poll tax rules and upcoming local elections spark guidance for residents. Community safety tips urge caution with doorstep sales. governor’s and tax debates discuss abandoned money and a proposed over65 homestead tax exemption for local governments.
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Whitewright
Joan Biggerstaff
John
U. S. Post Office Department
Garment Makers Ponder Revue Star Dress Mystery
Two New York garment manufacturers watch a Las Vegas revue star. One muses who made her dress with professional curiosity. The other quips it may have been the police.
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New York
Las Vegas
TB Patch Tests To Be Given Here Next Wednesday
Tuberculosis patch tests are set for Whitewright schools on Wednesday February 4. The tests run from 8 15 a m to noon in the grade school office with Mrs Houston Darwin PTA president and Mrs John Biggerstaff school nurse coordinating. Parent cooperation is urged as most grade school cards have been returned though high school responses lag. Adults may also get tested at the grade school office Wednesday morning.
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Whitewright
Houston Darwin
Parent- Teacher Association
John Biggerstaff
Darwin
Grayson County
Exemption Rules For 1958 Income Tax in Texas
The guide explains how many exemptions you can claim and how each $600 exemption reduces tax. You get one for yourself, one for age or blindness if 65 or blind, and two more if both. Spouse exemptions depend on filing status, with rules for death in 1958. Details cover dependents, eligibility, citizenship, relationship, support, and possible 2120 credit under multiple support.
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United States
Mexico
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Parker Named Acting Chief Safety Engineer at Humble
J U Parker of Whitewright has been named acting Chief Safety Engineer in the Employee Relations Department of Humble Oil and Refining Company in Houston. A 1932 Humble civil engineer, Parker served five years in the Army reaching colonel, after graduating from Sherman High School and Texas A and M. He is a registered professional engineer and holds memberships in ASSE, the Military Affairs Committee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, and St Luke's Methodist Church board of stewards.
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J. U. Parker
John Parker
Whitewright
Humble Oil & Refining Company of
Houston
Parker
Sherman High School
Texas A. and M
Humble
Thee Army
Army
American Society of Safety Engineers
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Board of Stewards
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Texas Special to Get Faster Service on Katy Line
The Katy Railroad restarts the Texas Special with an improved schedule and complete equipment. Southbound times show departure from Kansas City at 9 50 p m reach Parsons at 12 25 a m Muskogee at 2 35 a m and Denison at 5 30 a m with a shorter 15 minute Denison stop before continuing to Dallas and beyond.
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Denison
Katy Railroad
Frisco
St. Louis
San Antonio
Kansas City
Parsons
Kan
Muskogee
Okla
Dallas
Texomaland Navy Mothers Hold Initial Meeting
Navy Mothers from Sherman Bonham and Durant attended a kick off meeting hosted by Mrs B T Smith in Sherman as Texomaland moves toward a national charter. William MacNeil led the session with temporary officers Teresa Wegener and D E Coffey elected. recruitment outlined by local Navy recruiters.
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Texomaland
Coffey
Wegener
Navy
Toma Montgomery
Dallas County Navy Mothers Club
Hickman and MacNeil
Senate bill requires disclosure on toys for unassembled parts
Sacramento report notes Sen. J Eugene McAteer introduces a bill mandating that toy packaging and all ads clearly state when a toy is unassembled. The article pairs the measure with a quip about a chronic borrower never keeping his word.
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Sacramento
Calif
J. Eugene McAteer
Sun Honor Bell Subscriptions Acknowledged This Week
Subscription payments by and for valued Sun subscribers are acknowledged this week. The list includes J. W. Lackey Homer Gentry Claud Birdwell W. M. Mullins Mrs. Olive Myrick Grafton Montgomery William Fleming Mrs. Grace Roberts Cecil Bartley Rev. C. C. Dooley Arthur J. Badgett Billie Roberts Mrs. C. C. Cates Wynne's Clipping Bureau Earl Bradley Lewis Cooper Mrs. Ned Ayres L. J. Penny Mrs. Betty Pannell Joe W. Bartley B. L. Janway J. H. Hayes John W. Haws Mrs. Simmons Powell Mrs. L. R. Green J. H. Gosnell Mrs. W. F. Holland Ouida Nell Harris Miss Viva Phillips Virgil Mullins C. E. Cooper Rev. Fred Waldrop Dick Walker W. E. Gosnell Ralph Wallace Mrs. Martha Sears Emerson Mrs. J. A. Titus.
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Sun
J. W. Lackey
Homer Gentry
Claud Birdwell
W. M. Mullins
Olive Myrick Grafton Montgomery
William Fleming
Grace Roberts
Cecil Bartley
C. C. Dooley
Arthur J. Badgett
Billie Roberts
C. C. Cates Wynne
Earl Bradley Lewis Cooper
Ned Ayres
L. J. Penny
Betty Pannell
Joe W. Bartley
Dear Mister Editor inflation reply from Tom Bean reader
A Tom Bean reader criticizes Bernard Baruch's inflation remark and proposes homegrown fixes. He mocks government payroll size, argues for less office space, and notes inflation could be solved by tougher work and selective restraint, ending with a practical, wait-and-see stance.
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Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Indianapolis
United States
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Widow Mrs Charlie A Wilson Dies at 77 in Whitewright
Funeral services were held at Earnheart Chapel for Mrs. Charlie A. Wilson 77 who died at home after a heart attack. She was born near Whitewright in 1881, married Charlie A. Wilson in 1898, and was a Baptist. Survivors include three sons Weldon Ross Morris all of Texas and Oklahoma, three daughters Mrs. Strader Mrs Jarvis and Mrs Vestal, one sister Mrs Clack, ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Out-of-town relatives attended from Dallas Wichita Falls Chickasha and other cities.
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Earnheart
Charlie A. Wilson
Wilson Jarvis
P. M. Jarvis
John Jarvis
John Strader
William Hughes
Charles Petty
The
Baptist Church
Weldon Wilson
Dallas
Ross Wilson
Tulsa
Okla
Morris Wilson
Whitewright
Paul Strader
Houston
Clifford Jarvis
Clyde Vestal
Della Clack
Mineral Wells
Finous Rood
Robert
Sharon
Tayman Wilson
Loy and
Jayne
Tom Norris
Cora Hamilton
Oklahoma City
John Wilson
Robert Earle Hill
Jacqueline
Chickasha
Emmett England
George Key
Lewisville
Aubrey Thompson
Bellevue
Bruce May
Lyndal Pierson
Bob and
Sharrone
Wichita Falls
Gomer May
Sherman
B. R. Bailey
Leonard
Funeral rites held for Mollie Miller Murley in Texas
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Sunday in Barnheart Funeral Chapel for Mollie Miller Murley 78 who died Friday at her daughter's home in Texas Ministers from Bonham Whitewright Fort Worth and relatives including nephew Russell Murley led the service Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery Murley born May 2 1880 in Clinton County Kentucky married George Frank Marley in 1902 and moved to Texas in 1910 She was a member of the Assembly of God Church Survived by daughter two sisters and a brother plus many nieces and nephews
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Barnheart
Mollie Miller Murley
Billy Muirhead
Homer Fudge
Bonham
Harlen Duncan
Whitewright
Assembly of God
Russell Murley
Fort Worth
Murley
Oak Hill
Clinton County
Otha
Betty Miller
George Frank Marley
Albany
Texas
Assembly of God Church
R. O. Miller
St. Louis
Minnie Boles
Will Gilling
Joplin
Otho Miller
Rolla, Mo
T. W. Muirhead
Toma Faye Snodgrass
Buster Snodgrass
Bettye Reid
Oklahoma City
L. C. Cambron
Gladys Cambron
Denison
M. A. Richardson
Senters
Nora Richardson
Okie Tabor Rites Held In Earnheart Chapel
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Earnheart Funeral Chapel for Okie Tabor 57 who died Tuesday after a short illness. Rev Houston Garner officiated and burial followed in Wittitee Cemetery. Tabor was born April 13 1901 in Monticello. he moved to Whitewright 54 years ago and was a Baptist Church member. Survivors include two brothers Ernest Tabor of Whitewright and Willie Tabor of Dallas and two nieces and a nephew.
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Earnheart
Okie Tabor
Houston Garner
Kentuckytown Baptist Church
Wittitee
Mr. Tabor
Monticello
Braxton Tabor
Whitewright
The
Baptist Church
Ernest Tabor
Willie Tabor
Dallas
Bethel Brotherhood Family Night Set at Bethel Baptist
Rev Claude Johnson to speak at Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Brotherhood Family Night Tuesday February 3 at 730 pm Men handle all tasks from cooking to nursery Families urged to submit family name and headcount to T B Autrey by Sunday for meal planning.
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Claude Johnson
Bethel Brotherhood
Bethel Baptist Church
T. B. Autrey
Brotherhood
Weldon Bartley
Chamber of Commerce to Elect Officers at Monday Meeting
The Whitewright Chamber of Commerce will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting Monday in the school lunchroom to elect officers including president vice president secretary and treasurer and four directors. One director will serve one year to replace Edwin Badgett while three two year posts replace Lloyd Alexander George Brown and Wil son Kaiser. Existing officers are George Hight president and O W Barker secretary. Attendance is urged to improve representation from local business institutions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ron Faison
Edwin Badgett
Lloyd Alexander
George Brown
Wilson Kaiser
W. E. Stanford
Walter Bunch
George Hight
O. W. Barker
Whitewright
Faison
Three Arrested For Grocery Burglary In Whitewright
Three Whitewright residents were arrested late Saturday in connection with the Jan. 18 burglary of Gosnell Grocery. Burglary charges were filed on Monday against the two men and one woman. The trio had lived in Whitewright only a few months and allegedly took about 63 dollars worth of merchandise including cigarettes, meat, coffee, milk, fountain pens and billfolds. Deputies James Spaugh and Ira Wisl y, and liquor control board agent Roy Eldridge, made the arrests.
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Whitewright
Gosnell Grocery
James Spaugh
Ira Wisely
Liquor Control Board
Roy Eldridge
Polio Vaccine Use Falls as Cases Rise in 1958
Basil O Connor reports 1958 US vaccine use fell to half 1957 levels and paralytic polio rose 38 percent. Detroit saw the worst outbreak in summer and fall 1958 with Virginia New Jersey West Virginia and Hawaii affected. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis spent over eight million dollars to combat outbreaks and will push vaccination education in the coming year.
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United States
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
Detroit
Virginia
West Virginia
New Jersey
Hawaii
O’connor
School Lunch Menu Week Headlines
School lunch plan lists daily meals from Monday to Friday. Menus include Baked Ham with creamed potatoes and rolls on Monday, Weiners with kraut on Tuesday, Spam and macaroni cheese on Wednesday, Turkey with giblet gravy on Thursday, and Hamburgers with toppings on Friday.
Gladden pushes repeal of local option school integration law
In Austin Rep Gladden of Fort Worth introduces a two paragraph bill to repeal a 1957 law requiring local option elections before integrating schools. He argues the current rule creates inequities in educational opportunities and threatens state funding and accreditation for districts that desegregate without voter approval.
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Austin
Texas
Gladden
Fort Worth
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Voltaire
Texas General Fund
Jim Waggoner
W. Lee O’daniel
Carl H. Smith
Harris County
Mr. Smith
Texas Press Association
Peter
Paul
Pat
Texomaland Navy Mothers
Sun Honor
Dan
Tom Bean
Yours Truly
Whitewright, Texas
Grayson Or
Fannin Counties
Mrs
Charlie A Wilson
Mrs. Mollie Murley
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